Binghamton Mets @ Erie Sea Wolves
July 3, 2015
Michael Gibbons @ Josh Turley
Teams
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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R
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H
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E
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Binghamton
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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10
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2
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Erie
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0
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0
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0
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2
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0
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0
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1
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0
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X
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3
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4
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1
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W: Turley (8-5, 2.75
ERA); L: Gibbons (0-1, 4.26 ERA); Save: Voelker (S, 2, 0.00 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Michael Gibbons –
6.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, BB, 3 SO, HR, 87 Pitches (60 Strikes), 12 GO: 4 FO
Beck Wheeler (4.88
ERA) – 0.2 IP, BB, SO, 1 FO, 2 IR – 1 S
Dario Alvarez (3.81
ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO
Batters
Gavin Cecchini – 1-5
L.J. Mazzilli – 2-5, 2 R, 2B (7), SO
Michael Conforto – 2-4, RBI (19)
Brock Peterson – 1-4, SO
Brandon Nimmo – 1-4, RBI (12), 2 SO
Dustin Lawley – 1-4
Albert Cordero – 2-4, SO
Recap
In
just his fourth start since being an undrafted
free agent from the 2014 class, Michael Gibbons was sent to AA for a spot
start, and he was good, but his teammates proved incapable of getting the big
hits behind him. Gibbons came out very strong in his AA debut, attacking mostly
with good control of his fastball early, and then mixing in what appeared to be
at least a curveball and sinking changeup throughout the start (see below for
visuals). The B-Mets jumped ahead with a run in the 1st, but they
probably felt like they should’ve had more against the lefty Josh Turley in the
frame, as they had him against the ropes with some lefty mashers up (Brock
Peterson and Josh Rodriguez), and they got hits from both of their
lefty-hitting outfielders (Michael Conforto and Brandon Nimmo). After Gibbons
got into some trouble in the 7th, manager Pedro Lopez went to Beck
Wheeler to put out the flames, but he’d allow an inherited runner to score,
which gave Erie the lead back instead. He’d finish off the frame with it a one
run game, and Dario Alvarez worked a perfect 8th to keep it that
way, but Binghamton could only scratch out a pair of singles over their final
two trips to the plate. They managed 10 hits in the game, but scored only 2 runs thanks for a 2-10 performance with runners in scoring position.
Gibbons
would allow nothing over the first 3.2 IP except for a base runner from an E4
against the first Erie batter. Then with 2 outs in the 4th (aka,
after retiring the next 11 straight), he issued his only walk of the game,
before grooving a fastball to a lefty for a long homerun to left-center field.
Connor Harrell followed with a hit heading towards the LF that Michael Conforto
cut off nicely to limit Harrell to a single. Eudy Pina robbed the final batter
of the 4th with a shoe string catch on a line drive to shallow RF,
falling over after securing the ball, and starting a streak of 8 straight
retired from Gibons. The streak was ended abruptly with one out in the 7th,
when Harrell and Wade Gaynor picked up back-to-back hits to reach 2B and 3B.
Overall, if you watched this game knowing nothing about Michael Gibbons, which
isn’t much less than what I knew of him, you’d never guess that he was a
22-year old undrafted free agent making just his 4th pro start.
Cyclones manager Tom Gamboa is high on him, and he reportedly had a strong
influence in the decision to give Gibbons both spot starts (Friday night and
his first pro start for St. Lucie), and suggested he was the top pitching in XST.
I have no clue what the Mets plan for Gibbons is, but it looks like it would be
a waste of time to send him all the way back down to Brooklyn, so Gamboa
might’ve influenced him right off his own roster.
Next
up, the B-Mets head home to face the Portland Sea Dogs over the 4th
of July weekend, with Michael Fulmer scheduled to pitch, and a 7:05 scheduled
start time.
Scoring Highlights
L.J.
Mazzilli, Michael Conforto and, Brandon Nimmo each singled in the 1st
inning to give the B-Mets a 1-0 lead.
Mazzilli hit a two out double and scored on Conforto’s second hit of the game in the 5th inning.
Gavin Cecchini added a two-out single in the 9th.
Michael Gibbons Coverage
Table 1 – Pitch stats by inning
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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Total
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Total
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20
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6
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10
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16
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13
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11
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11
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87
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Strikes
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12
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6
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7
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10
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10
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7
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8
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60
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Swinging*
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0
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0
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3
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0
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4
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1
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2
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10
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*11.5% Swinging strike rate
Gibbons
picked up his first AA strikeout to start the 3rd inning, getting
Drew Longley swinging.
He struck out Longley in their second matchup as well, this time to leadoff the 5th.
His
final strikeout was of Jason Krizan, and it was the third out of the 6th
inning.
Bonus
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